CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Describes Some Truly Weird Things That Happened When Her Computer Was Compromised

CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson spoke at length for the first time
Monday night about past recurring intrusions into her computer,
telling Fox News' Bill O'Reilly of weird occurrences during which
her computers would randomly turn on in the middle of the night.

"I was sleeping, so they would come on in the middle of the
night, sometimes one right after the other," Attkisson told
O'Reilly Monday night. "By the time last fall came around, they
would sometimes both be starting up kind of a cacophony of
computer music at night in the middle of the night."

CBS confirmed last Friday that a breach of Attkisson's computers
had occurred on "multiple occasions" late last
year — a period during which she was covering stories
related to the terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi
and the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal.

"While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an
intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search
and exfiltration of data," CBS spokesperson Sonya McNair said in
a statement.

"This party also used sophisticated methods to remove all
possible indications of unauthorized activity, and alter system
times to cause further confusion."

Attkisson said she has a pretty good idea of who was responsible
for the intrusion, but she would not name a specific entity on
Monday. She did say, however, that it was "big," and far more
important in scope than ordinary phishing or malware.

"This is not as ordinary as ... my old boyfriend trying to
look through my files," she said.

“To our knowledge, the Justice Department has never ‘compromised’
Ms. At[t]kisson’s computers, or otherwise sought any information
from or concerning any telephone, computer, or other media device
she may own or use," a Justice Department spokesman said.